The moment we've all been waiting for...
.Get your Pomlázka out, boys! There aren't many days in the year when ladies want a whipping gentle whipping.
So get out your Pomlázka and make your way through the village, neighborhood, apartment building, what have you. But don't forget to start with the females in your home. Some may not like it, some may like it more than they will admit, but these whippings gentle whippings chase away illnesses and bad spirits, and bring health and youth for the rest of the year. Ladies, you know we are forever chasing that damn fountain of youth, so take it on the legs and be glad you didn't get doused with water (that's an alternative...).
Boys, recite “Hody, hody doprovody, dejte vejce malovaný, nedáte-li malovaný, dejte aspoň bílý, slepička vám snese jiný…”
Essentially, you're asking for eggs, an egg will do. Preferably painted, but white will do just as well.
But these days who wants eggs? These days you get money, or most likely shots of Slivovice (plum brandy) instead. YES!
So all in all, when you break it down, Easter Monday is a day when
ladies take a whipping gentle whipping to stay young & beautiful and the men get drunk.
Na zdraví!
